How to Accept Change in 5 Steps.

How do you accept change? How do you initiate change? Accepting change after an event has happened is one thing, but how do you accept change before you make that all-important decision? Often times the change itself is what is plugging up our decision making process. How the heck do you accept change BEFORE a change even happens, you might ask?!?

For example, if you lose your job unexpectedly, that’s a huge change. You will hopefully quickly learn to accept that change, move on, and find something even better. In that scenario you are reacting to a change that has already happened. However, what if you WANT to leave your job? You are feeling fed up, burnt out, and know in your heart of hearts that you would like to quit and move on. In this case the change has not happened yet and you are going to be acting upon the change (instead of reacting to it). You are going to initiate the change. In both cases there is an event, in one event you did not have control over it, in the other you did. In both cases there is a change, and in both cases that change needs to be accepted! Either before or after the event.

In the scenario that you want to quit your job, you still have to “accept change.” The process of thinking through life’s decisions can be quite scary and often intimidating. Getting advice and being able to rely on others to be a sounding board for you in your time of need is, to me, of the utmost importance. Even the strongest leaders in history regularly sought counsel.

Here are 5 quick ideas to help you accept CHANGE:

1. Change is binary
Change falls in the +/- category. It’s 1s and 0s. Events either happen or they don’t, there’s no real medium ground here. You can either react to events when a change has occurred or act on events to create a change. “You can’t cry over spilled milk,” or “the times they are a-changing.”

2. Change happens all the time
Life is change! Change is an ongoing process in our lives. It is cyclical in nature, which means that changes come and go almost on a regular basis. Change is growth. If change is cyclical and akin to a merry-go-round, some people like to ride a slow and easy-going merry-go-round while others want to crank that puppy up and max out the ride until they’re green in the face! Change happens all the time, just look around you at all things, and just think, you wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for change.

3. Change is NOT a bad thing
If change is binary and happens all the time then change is NOT a bad thing. Yes, change should not be a dirty word. In fact, we should embrace change. Change can be a good thing. Throwing back the binary definition in here: not all change is bad, not all change is good. There are also subtle changes and drastic changes, both of which can be either bad or good. Change is really a test of our characters; some people thrive under the challenge of change, others tend to buckle under the pressure. I tell you what, you can LEARN to be proactive with change.

4. Stay grounded and true to yourself
Now that we know what change is (its characteristics), these last two will help you accept change as a stronger person. It will enable you to learn to be proactive with change as well. People react intransigently to change out of fear; and fear is nothing more than a lack of understanding. If you’ve ever said: “I don’t know what to do!” over a change in life, well then that’s a bit of fear talking.

Staying grounded in yourself gives you the strength to maintain your course even in the roughest of seas. Knowing who you are, what makes you happy, what your passions are, what your true goals are, staying in a state of flow, knowing your family history, creating a happy family, practicing a strong spiritual connection are all ways of staying grounded. Staying grounded is about maintaining a connection to a higher power and having a positive and deep self-image. I am grounded because of my higher power, my family, and my family history! Grounding is like an anchor or a taproot that makes you flexible yet immoveable.

5. Surround yourself with positive people
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with” (Jim Rohn). This is such a potent saying and it speaks to who you are as a spiritual and emotional being. Also, it says a lot about how you react to change or how willing and gutsy you are about creating change! Surround yourself with positive and forward-thinking people and you will thrive, do the reverse and you may not. Surrounding yourself with positive people helps you to stay grounded! Understanding change and being grounded helps you to accept change!

I hope this article has benefited you! Thank you for reading this article and being a part of NOW-Power!

 

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